Discussions on the age of the Daohugou fauna—evidence from invertebrates

Volcanic tuff deposits near Daohugou village, Ningcheng County of Inner Mongolia have yielded many wellpreserved fossils. Here we briefly introduce our recent findings of invertebrates from the Daohugou fauna: mainly insects, conchostracans, anostracans, and spiders. The age of the Daohugou fauna is considered to be Middle Jurassic on the basis of an analysis of various invertebrates especially insects and conchostracans, showing strong similarities to the Yanliao fauna of north China and the Karatau fauna of Kazakhstan.     

Discussions on the age of the Daohugou fauna—evidence from invertebrates

Volcanic tuff deposits near Daohugou village, Ningcheng County of Inner Mongolia have yielded many wellpreserved fossils. Here we briefly introduce our recent findings of invertebrates from the Daohugou fauna: mainly insects, conchostracans, anostracans, and spiders. The age of the Daohugou fauna is considered to be Middle Jurassic on the basis of an analysis of various invertebrates especially insects and conchostracans, showing strong similarities to the Yanliao fauna of north China and the Karatau fauna of Kazakhstan.     

Two new Jurassic stoneflies （Insecta： Plecoptera） from Daohugou,Inner Mongolia,China

Two new genera and two new species of family Taeniopterygidae, Mengitaenioptera multiramis gen. et sp. nov. and Noviramonemoura trinervis gen. et sp. nov. are described. These fossils were collected from Daohugou Village （the Middle Jurassic）, Inner Mongolia, China. Hitherto, these fossil species from Daohugou are the oldest taeniopterygids. Both simple and complex venations simultaneously occurred in this group, which reveals that the early diversification of taeniopterids was well underway by the Middle Jurassic. Therefore, we prefer to adopt the Comstock＇s opinion that the venation of taeniopterids was derived from the simple venation of the older group （such as Palaeonemouridae） at much ancient geological time ago. Some of the descendants carried this simple venation; others evolved into complex venation with many additional crossveins and branches.     

Discovery of Middle Jurassic palaeontinids from Inner Mongolia, China (Homoptera: Palaeontinidae)

A new genus and three new species of fossil Palaeontinidae, Papilioncossus conchatus sp. nov., P. giganteus sp. nov. and P. pteroideus sp. nov., are described. All of them were collected from Middle Jurassic Jiulongshan Formation in Inner Mongolia, China. Based on distal part of forewing broader and longer than basal and Sc usually with branches, the new taxa are attributed to Palaeontinidae of Homoptera and compared with genus Pseudocossus. A key to species of Papilioncossus gen. nov. is provided. All type specimens are deposited in the Capital Normal University.     

Discovery of Middle Jurassic palaeontinids from Inner Mongolia, China (Homoptera: Palaeontinidae)

A new genus and three new species of fossil Palaeontinidae, Papilioncossus conchatus sp. nov., P. giganteus sp. nov.　and P. pteroideus sp. nov., are described. All of them were collected from Middle Jurassic Jiulongshan Formation in Inner Mongolia, China. Based on distal part of forewing broader and longer than basal and Sc usually with branches, the new taxa are attributed to Palaeontinidae of Homoptera and compared with genus Pseudocossus. A key to species of Papilioncossus gen. nov. is provided. All type specimens are deposited in the Capital Normal University.     

Two Jurassic salamanders with stomach contents from Inner Mongolia,China

Conchostracans and corixids are part of the diet of extant salamanders,an ecologically important fact in a lacustrine environment. Here we report their discovery in the guts of the aquatic Jurassic salamanders Jeholotriton paradoxus and Chunerpeton tianyiensis, formerly abundant at Daohugou,Ningcheng County,Inner Mongolia,China.This reveals something of the ecology of this im- portant,ancient,vertebrate and invertebrate assemblage.The new fossil evidence indicates the highly selective feeding of these Jurassic salamanders;Jeholotriton preyed only on juveniles of the conchostracan Euestheria luanpingensis,and Chunerpeton only on the corixid Yanliaocorixa chinensis.We can infer the dietary differences as a consequence of different jaw and hyoid structures; and thus niche partitioning in Jurassic salamanders.     

内蒙古草原生态关系天敌昆虫初探

在调查研究及对大量资料进行综合的基础上,对内蒙古草原生态系统自然平衡中具有重要意义的捕食性,寄生性天敌昆虫的主要类群,分布情况以及捕食寄生对象,在草原生态系统中的作用进行了初步论述,为内蒙古天敌昆虫资源的进一步深入调查研究和保护利用提供了基础资料。     

Occurrences of Permian radiolarians in central and eastern Nei Mongol （Inner Mongolia） and their geological significance to the Northern China Orogen

The Zhesi (Jisu) Formation of the Middle Permian in Nei Mongol (Inner Mongolia) was commonly considered to be a shallow marine sequence. Here I report the radiolarians found in the argillite bed of that formation in Zhesi and Xilinhot areas. This fact indicates a deep marine sedimentary facies persisted during the Middle Permian, and suggests that the ocean between the North China Block and Siberian Craton was not closed until the Late Guadalupian. The suture of this two blocks is probably extends along the Linxi ophiolite belt, south of the Hegenshan ophiolite belt.     

Stratigraphy and age of the Daohugou Bed in Ningcheng, Inner Mongolia

Recent fieldwork has extended the distribution of the Daohugou Bed deposits from the Daohugou Village to its several neighboring areas. The fossil-bearing Daohugou deposits uncomformably overlie complex bedrocks, and comprise three major parts. The red shales in the lower part were misidentified as belonging to the Tuchengzi Formation. Field excavation has indicated that the shales of upper part of the bed are the major fossil-bearing horizon. Due to strong tectonic activities, sediments were often folded with the sequences inverted in the region. Some newly recognized contacts between the Daohugou Bed and the volcanic rocks showed that the ignimbrite of the Tiaojishan Formation （159-164 Ma） underlies the Daohugou deposits, rather than overlying the latter as previously proposed. Thus, the age of the Daohugou deposits should be younger than the age of the ignimbrite, and thus it was incorrect to correlate the Daohugou Bed with the Middle Jurassic Jiulongshan Formation. Although biostratigraphic studies based on conchostracans and insects support a Middle Jurassic-early Late Jurassic age for the Daohugou deposits, vertebrate fossils such as Liaoxitriton, Jeholopterus and feathered maniraptorans show much resemblance to those of the Yixian Formation. In other words, despite the absence of Lycoptera, a typical fish of the Jehol Biota, the Daohugou vertebrate assemblage is closer to that of the Early Cretaceous Jehol Biota than to any other biota. We propose that the Daohugou fossil assemblage probably represents the earliest evolutionary stage of the Jehol Biota based on both vertebrate biostratigraphy and the sedimentological and volcanic features which suggest the Daohugou deposit belongs to the same cycle of volcanism and sedimentation as the Yixian Formation of the Jehol Group.     

陕南早中侏罗世勉县群植物组合面貌

勉县群为陕南勉县至紫阳一带早中侏罗世陆相含煤沉积；自下而上分为三个组，即洪水沟组、沔水组、堰河组．该群含有丰富的植物化石，该植物群是典型的南方型Ｐｔｉｌｏｐｈｙｌｌｕｍ—Ｃｏｎｉｏｐｔｅｒｉｓ植物群。根据沉积特征及植物化石分布规律分析，勉县群三个组的形成时代依次为：早侏罗世、早中侏罗世、中侏罗世。有趣的是，在沔水组中下部发现了有花植物中华木兰（Ｍａｇｎｏｌｉａｍｉｏｃｅｎｉｌａ），为研究被子植物早期起源历史提供了一份新的材料。     

内蒙古东胜煤田延安组侏罗纪植物群

为确定内蒙古东胜煤田延安组的地质时代,对东胜煤田钻孔中产出的大量古植物化石进行了详细研究和鉴定,该植物群组成包括节蕨纲、真蕨纲、种子蕨纲、苏铁纲、银杏纲、松柏纲的25属68种,以真蕨纲、银杏纲为主,其次为苏铁纲和松柏纲,节蕨纲和种子蕨纲较为少见。可建立Coniopteris（锥叶蕨）-Cladophlebis（枝脉蕨）植物组合,并可进一步划分为2个亚组合：延安组一段的Coniopteris（锥叶蕨）-Neocalamites（新芦木）亚组合和延安组二段的Cladophlebis（枝脉蕨）-Phoenicopsis（拟刺葵）亚组合。经与国内、外其它地区植物群对比,延安组一段的地质时代为早侏罗世晚期土阿辛期,延安组二段的地质时代为中侏罗世早期阿林期和巴柔期。     

内蒙古的鹤类

内蒙古自治区全区总面积约占国土面积的12.3%,草地面积占全区总面积的74.6%。到1989年底,有6种鹤在内蒙古地区分布,并均有繁殖记录。但近十年来的考查表明,目前仅丹顶鹤,白枕鹤,蓑羽鹤在内蒙古地区繁殖。在繁殖季节,灰鹤曾多次见于呼伦贝尔盟,但从未见卵或雏鸟。内蒙古东部地区是丹顶鹤和白枕鹤的主要繁殖地。内蒙古大草原是我国蓑羽鹤的主要繁殖地。     

内蒙古狼蛛科的初步研究（蜘蛛目：狼蛛科）

本文记述了分布于内蒙古自治区的狼蛛科（Ｌｙｃｏｓｉｄａｃ）蜘蛛６５种，其中包括６个新种（另文发表，本文用“ｎ，ｓｐ．”标记），１１个内蒙新纪录种（本文用“△”标记）和文献记载内蒙古有分布而笔者未见标本的狼蛛７种（本文明“Ｏ”标记）。     

在华蒙古国留学生管理问题的调查研究

基于实地调查,通过在内蒙古学习的蒙古国留学生的个案分析,及时发现了目前在内蒙古学习的蒙古国留学生管理中存在的问题,并针对这些问题提出相关对策,有助于我国高等学校的留学生教学与管理工作的进一步提高。     

海拉尔地区鸟类区系调查研究

2007年8月至2008年7月对海拉尔地区的鸟类进行了系统调查和研究.全年共记录到鸟类100种,隶属于15目34科,其中留鸟24种,夏候鸟50种,冬候鸟2种,旅鸟24种;繁殖鸟(留鸟和夏候鸟)中北方型种类有67种,占繁殖鸟总数的90.54%.属于国家重点保护的鸟类有13种.鸟类区系以古北界成分为主,同时反映出东北区与蒙新区成分相互渗透的特征.     

内蒙古的轮藻植物

本文总结了内蒙古的轮藻植物,计有2属,13种和5变种,其中无色丽藻多枝变种Nitella hyalina(D.C.)Agardh var.ramulosa Ling,Qiu et Xie为新变种,细刺轮藻Chara tenuispina Braun为我国新记录。     

A new fossil genus of Mesosciophilidae （Diptera, Nematocera） with two new species from the Middle Jurassic of Inner Mongolia, China

A new genus within the family Mesosciophilidae,Jurasciophila gen.nov.,with two new species,J.curvula gen.et sp.nov.and J.lepida gen.et sp.nov.,are described and illustrated.They are established based on fossil specimens with bodies and complete wings.All of them were collected from the late Middle Jurassic Jiulongshan Formation of Daohugou in southeastern Inner Mongolia,China.Comparing with two known genera,Mesosciophilina (Kovalev,1985) and Mesosciophilopsis (Blagoderov,1994),the new genus has transitional characters.The distribution pattern of Mesosciophilidae is briefly discussed.